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Singer Sean Paul performs at the Reggae Sumfest 2014 in Montego Bay July 20, 2014. REUTERS/Gilbert
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By Nelson A. King
In his first full band set in 14
months, Sean Paul on May 8 made a
blazing appearance on Dreamstage.
According to Jamaican Ronnie
Tomlinson, of the Brooklyn-based
entertainment promotion company,
Destine Media, the setting was the
Kingston Harbor at dusk — “a mix
of mountains and the world’s seventh
largest natural harbor — as
ticket-holders watched a 60-minute
show from the historic Grand Excelsior
Hotel (formerly Morgan’s Harbor
Hotel).”
Backed by his Badda Bandz, Sean
Paul kicked off his set for the USbased
live music streaming start-up
with “No Lie” — the breakout hit for
international songstress Dua Lipa —
before moving into “Get Busy,” Tomlinson
said.
She said Sean Paul mixed his iconic
discography with the bangers from
his seventh studio album “Live N
Livin.”
He shared the stage with Busy
Signal for Boom, and Jessie Royal for
the collaboration “Guns of Navarone”
with Mutabaruka, Tomlinson said.
For “Everest,” she said Sean Paul
was joined on the sea-floated stage by
Masicka and Skillibeng.
“His hit-packed set had ‘Calling
On Me’, featuring ‘Tove Lo’; ‘Like
Glue’; ‘Gimme The Light’; ‘I’m Still
In Love’, featuring Sasha; and ‘Rockabye’,
featuring Clean Bandit,” Tomlinson
said.
She said the dancers from L’Acadco
created bright figures and forms on
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Trinidad-born artist, Weldon Ryan
against one of his Carnival portraits
that will be on display from May 26,
at the Stone Sparrow Gallery, 45
Greenwich Ave., Manhattan. Weldon
Ryan
By Tangerine Clarke
Weldon Ryan, recipient of The Salmagundi,
Dale Meyers Cooper Medallion
Award, is set to display his colorful
pieces for the first time in a major
exhibition in New York City, from May
26 – Aug. 8, titled: “Urban Portraits,” at
the Stone Sparrow Gallery, 45 Greenwich
Ave.
The Trinidad and Tobago-born painter
who has been an artist all his life,
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By Nelson A. King
If the first 24 hours of his latest
project’s debut is anything to go by,
Alkaline is, undeniably, the most successful
independent artiste to have
emerged from the genre he represents,
according to the Manhattan-based
entertainment promotion company,
Shuzzr Media.
With impressive streaming numbers,
Shuzzr Media, which is also Alkaline’s
publicist, told Caribbean Life that Alkaline
is one of the few, if not the only, to
move huge actual unit sales in a genre
“where streaming is at the forefront.”
Within the first hour of its release
globally, Shuzzr said “Top Prize” landed
at the #1 spot on the iTunes reggae
charts and peaked at #6 on the worldwide
charts, sharing the top 10 with
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Carnival art
exhibition
‘Top Prize’ off
to great debut DREAMSTAGE
Sean Paul takes dancehall, Jamaica centerstage
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